Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-11
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4a fStsgSid says A6 IL ROW unCOM-
scious, and his breathing scarcely notice
able. de was carried into the bath room
and laid on a taSle, onto which torrents
OF blood gushed' from the holes in his
head, completely surrounding him. DR..
Gray says he found the tissues Of the
throat and. neck and front of the law had
been torn away. Stfmulants have failed
70 rouse the man from his Iethargy.
While the physicians were working over
him, Lingg coughed, and blood spouted
from his lungs, staining his hair and
clothes. The doctor said the unfortunate
man Could live but a few hours at the
most, as his breath was coming at greater
Intervals already.
When Informed of Lingg's attempted
suicide, Capt. Black said that In his
opinion the effect would be favorable to
the other men. He thought Linpg was
insane, and declared he believed Enpel
crazy also, He would not attempt to
say that Lingg's desperate deed would
have any effect on the governor, but if ii
did, he believed it would be 10 the adj
vantage Of the other men.
DIR. Gray statad at noon that Lingq,s
chances for temporary recovery were
good; they had performed a very delicate
operation on his throat by means Of an
~improvised electric iiuminator md re-.
lieyed his terribly distressed breathing.
IL Ia nov thought the dynamite cartridges
were hidden In his hair, and that he I'M
bedded them in the candles himself. The
force Of the explosion was downward and
outward, the soft tissues of the mouth
and throat Suffering almost total destruc-
ton, Al piece of his tongue was found
an nus cell When 1t was searched.
prs. Mayer and Gray declared at one
o'clock that Lingg could not live many
hours, not until night. Lingg was then
sitting up and gazing round the room. he
was asked Il he wanted water aud nodded
MS head. 1t was poured down his throat
from a~lfeuntain injector, and he closed
his eyes in a satisfied way.
sheriff Matson was asked what conrse
nc would pursue Ii Lingg was alive Fri
9 and apreprieyed. II shall have to
hang him, he said sententiously, and
with . look OF horror at the prospect.
He rs DEAD.
At 2'oU p. M, after lingering. for nesr.
~ SIX nonfs, nearly ell of which tina he
c9nscioass Lingg died. Coroner
Herr ~ieGpsneiled q jury late this alter
noon, consisting OF merchants dong
business within q few blocks of the jail,
After viewing the corpse of Lingg, which
lay IN the bathroom at the jail. tina
jury adjourned sntil next Wednesday,
ii AGENT OF DEATH.
The sgent which had served IIngR to
accom- ISL this morning's work was a
Email eliminating cap,.a little over an
inchsii5ag. 1T had bean flied With fnl-
mina4a 81 mercury, and the small fuse
which is uauatlY attached to thess in.
Btrnmeuts of death had been touched off
BY EinRg at the time q reporter thought
he WAS lighting q cigar. When Lingu
committed the deea he was living on his
face on the cot. After the affair. when
his cell wan searched, another candle wac
found ct the top Of il; barely concealed
by the ends of a wick, a second fulmipa-
ting cap was found, so ID is supposed
that LingR's attempted suicide was com.
United with one similarly hidden. The
candles were furnished by the iaiI. nd
shat b caps must have been pat In by
Lingg himself.
The News at Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Nov. 1G.--The storv
81 Lingg's suieided caused great. excite
Inent insthis city. 1t offered more reIieP
70 the minds Of seekers for mercy here
than they were willing to admit. They
RfIected indifference, but the 10y Of
Knowing what was thought to be the
chief obstacle to executive clemency was
removed, could not be concealed. nh
news was telephoned to the state house
within q minute after its reception here.
His axcellency was not at the Capitol.
ont5the news was telephened him at his
While there is no Indication aa
to when or how the governor may give
his decision, it was said by d man closely
connected with the executive denart-
ment, thai the fat of the governor, having
to bear b seal os the state. il would
have to be sent bya messenger. and IN
order to avoid possible delay OF a railroad
accident by waiting for the last. train.
1t would probably he sent by she noon
train; this,Ahowever, is mainly conjecture.
The governor spent a ~goodsportion of
the night and7an the forenoon examf,h
ing the documents aud petitions pre-
him yesterday. Up to noon to-.
day he had not come to the state house.
The governor, when informed of Lifsgg,s
attempt ut suicide, made no ccmfSent
AFhateyer. He refuses To- see any one on
any stihject. Everyone was on the look
at the departure of the 11:45 train
for Ghicag for the expected messenger
from the governor to Sheriff Matspn,
but If anyone went on such an errand,
hia presence ssNs carefully concealed.
Spies, Fieiden and scfrwab
The belief that Spies. Fieldeu and
Sshwab viii be savaa IL gaining ground